Valencia man dies in crash

A 59-year-old man of Va­len­cia is the coun­try's lat­est road fa­tal­i­ty.

An­tho­ny Daryl Bap­tiste of Don Av­enue, Va­len­cia, died on the spot when he lost con­trol of his ve­hi­cle, crashed in­to a kerb wall and then the perime­ter wall of an Evan­gel­i­cal Church along Old Va­len­cia Road, Va­len­cia, on Sat­ur­day evening.

He was pos­i­tive­ly iden­ti­fied by his neigh­bour.

Po­lice said he was dri­ving his black Mit­subishi Galant in an east­er­ly di­rec­tion along Va­len­cia Old Road, Va­len­cia, on Sat­ur­day evening.

At the time, he was the lone oc­cu­pant of the ve­hi­cle. Up­on reach­ing the vicin­i­ty of Oropouche Road, Va­len­cia, Bap­tiste ap­par­ent­ly lost con­trol of his ve­hi­cle and col­lid­ed with a wall and then the perime­ter wall of an Evan­gel­i­cal Church off the south­ern side of the road­way.

He was thrown from the ve­hi­cle on­to the road­way and sus­tained fa­tal in­juries. - Ralph Ban­warie